"In the case of Vanessa Guillen, she told her family, her friends, and fellow soldiers about the harassment."
"I think it is very important, as we study this issue, to recognize that Colonel Wempe's investigation was not scientifically based."
"the amendments that are currently within the FY 2021 NDAA that relate to changing the reporting chain... it absolutely must pass within the NDAA this year."
"What are we doing to get it to stop trending?"
"MST is a scourge on our Armed Forces, diminishing the public trust in the institution that is the U.S. military."
"I want to focus my deepest sympathy to her family and my continued partnership, collaboration with Congresswoman Garcia."
"not one more."
"We need that bias to be removed. We need for reporting chains to be permissible for soldiers and other service members to be able to speak with comfort and without fear of retaliation."
"We have to do better by them, because 9 out of 10 of those women want to stay and their experience doesn't let them stay, and retention is blown away."
"Leaving that number of people still impacted by sexual harassment means that you've got thousands of soldiers."
"I think it sends a message to the soldiers: don't rock the boat."